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BRAIDINGS
Definition of BRAIDINGS
noun
plural of braiding
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Another sense
BRAIDINGS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of braiding.
Word DNA
BRAIDINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, BRAID.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, BRAID · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
BRAIDINGS in a sentence
“Theodule kissed her again, and she experienced the joy of having some of the skin scratched from her neck by the braidings on his uniform.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRAIDINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAIDINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDGIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BRAIDINGS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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